Leptothorax maurus
Leptothorax maurus | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax spinosus) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Temnothorax |
Species: | Leptothorax maurus Santschi, 1921 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Temnothorax spinosus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- maurus. Leptothorax maurus Santschi, 1921b: 427 (w.) MOROCCO.
- Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
- Status as species: Bernard, 1945: 134; Bolton, 1995b: 241 (error); Bolton, 2003: 271 (error); Borowiec, L. 2014: 182 (error).
- Junior synonym of spinosus: Cagniant, 1970b: 208.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
- Santschi, F. 1921b. Notes sur les fourmis paléarctiques. I. Quelques fourmis du nord de l'Afrique et des Canaries. Mem. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Tomo del Cincuentenario: 424-436 (page 427, worker described)